Hot Air: Comment » UK starts paying subsidies for record cold

Simple really, if the current solar trends continue, it will soon be so cold that Al Gore will be the only person left on the planet who doesn’t think Al Gore is a kook.

The quite sun is going to cause us a big problem when the growing season shortens to the point that crops cannot mature. 2009 may be the first year that happens.

Vietnam | Northern region feels chill during Tet festival - Northern region feels chill during Tet festival

People in the northern region are likely to welcome the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet) in bitter cold weather as the region is forecast to brace itself for two or three frosty spells through the end of January, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre.

Guy with huge stake in CO2 hysteria promotes Gore's scam to Congress

"America increasingly gets it about the consequences of climate change," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. "Somehow this building seems to be sort of the last redoubt of people who don't seem to get it."

Doerr, who has been a major donor to Democratic candidates and causes and a close ally of former Vice President Al Gore, now also a partner at Kleiner Perkins, said the single most important thing Congress can do is to pass legislation, either through a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax, that puts a price tag on emitting carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. Doing so would make cheap, high-carbon energy - especially coal - more expensive while making investment in wind and solar power more affordable for utilities.
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Doerr gave Congress a detailed list of recommendations, including new tax incentives for renewable energy, a huge boost in federal research and loan guarantees to help clean energy startups survive the "valley of death" - which is venture-capital-speak for the period between the lab and the marketplace, when many promising technologies die for lack of funding.

Kleiner Perkins, which invests for a select group of foundations and universities, has invested $600 million in 45 green tech startups, and Doerr said the firm will invest in at least 40 more over the next two years.